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The
Buffet Rule
Salary of retired US
Presidents . . . . . . . . . .. . $180,000 FOR
LIFE
Salary of House/Senate
members . . . . . . . . $174,000 FOR
LIFE
Salary of Speaker of
the House . . . . . . . . . . $223,500 FOR
LIFE
Salary of
Majority/Minority Leaders . . . . . . . . $193,400 FOR
LIFE
Average Salary of a
teacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
$40,065
Average Salary of a
deployed Soldier . . . . . .. .
$38,000
Warren Buffet, in a
recent interview with CNBC, offers one of the best quotes
about the debt
ceiling:
"I could end the
deficit in 5 minutes," he told CNBC. "You just pass a law
that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of
GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for
re-election.
The 26th amendment
(granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3
months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people
demanded it. That was in 1971 - before computers, e-mail,
cell phones, etc.
Of the 27 amendments
to the Constitution, seven (7) took one (1) year or less to
become the law of the land - all because of public
pressure.
Warren Buffet is
asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum of
twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of
those to do likewise.
In three days, most
people in The United States of America will have the
message. This is one idea that really should be passed
around.
Congressional Reform
Act of 2014
1. No Tenure / No
Pension.
A Congressman/woman
collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when
they're out of office.
2. Congress (past,
present & future) participates in Social
Security.
All funds in the
Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security
system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social
Security system, and Congress participates with the American
people. It may not be used for any other
purpose.
3. Congress can
purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans
do.
4. Congress will no
longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will
rise by the lower of CPI or
3%.
5. Congress loses
their current health care system and participates in the
same health care system as the American
people.
6. Congress must
equally abide by all laws they impose on the American
people.
7. All contracts with
past and present Congressmen/women are void effective
12/1/14. The American people did not make this contract with
Congressmen/women.
Congress made all
these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an
honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen
legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go
home and back to work.
If each person
contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will only take
three days for most people (in the U.S.) to receive the
message. Don't you think it's
time?
THIS IS HOW YOU FIX
CONGRESS!
